The Chairperson and CEO of the Indian Railway Board is the administrative head of the Indian Railways, which functions under the overall control of the Parliament of India through the Minister of Railways. The chairperson also serves as ex-officio Principal Secretary to the Government of India for the Ministry of Railways.
History British Raj The Indian Railway Board was constituted in 1922, with a Chief Commissioner of Railways as its head, who was solely responsible to the Government for decisions on technical matters and for advising the Government on matters of policy.
After Independence In April, 1951 the post of chief commissioner was abolished and the seniormost functional member was appointed the chairman of the board.Rao, M.A. (1988). Indian Railways, New Delhi: National Book Trust, pp.49-54
List of heads of Indian Railways Chief Commissioners of Railway, 1922–51 + List of chief commissioners of railway S. No. Name From To Duration (months) 1 Sir Clement Hindley 01.11.1922 11.10.1928 63 2 Sir Austen Hadow 12.10.1928 15.10.1929 12 3 Sir Guthrie Russell 16.10.1929 16.07.1940128 4 Sir Leonard Wildson 17.07.1940 17.08.194449 5 Sir Arthur Griffin 12.09.1944 19.05.194620 6 Col RB Emerson 20.05.1946 10.09.194716 7 K. C. Bakhle 11.09.1947 31.03.195142
Chairperson Railway Board, 1951–present + List of Chairperson Railway Board S. No. Name Cadre From To Duration (months) 1 FC BadhwarIRSE 01.04.1951 30.09.195442 2 G PandeIRSE 01.10.1954 31.12.195626 3 PC MukherjeeIRSE 01.01.1957 25.06.195930 4 KB MathurIRTS 30.06.1959 18.04.196010 5 Karnail SinghIRSE 18.04.1960 16.08.196235 6 DC BaijalIRSE 16.08.1962 07.08.196526 7 Kripal SinghIRSE 07.08.1965 21.01.196717 8 GD KhandelwalIRTS 21.01.1967 06.01.197036 9 BC Ganguli IRSE 07.01.1970 12.10.197121 10 BSD BaligaIRSE 13.10.1971 12.10.197324 11 MN BeryIRSE 12.10.1973 30.04.197631 12 GP WarrierIRSE 01.05.1975 31.08.197716 13 KS RajanIRSME 01.09.1977 03.06.197921 14 M MenezesIRSE 04.06.1979 16.11.198016 15 MS Gujral IRTS 17.11.1980 06.02.198327 16 KTV Raghvan IRSME 05.04.1983 31.01.198523 17 JP Gupta IRSME01.02.1985 30.06.1985 5 18 Prakash Narain IRTS 01.07.1985 31.06.198724 19 RK JainIRSE 01.07.1987 31.07.198925 20 MN PrasadIRSE 01.08.1989 31.07.199012 21 RD Kitson IRSME 01.08.1990 31.03.1992 20 22 YP AnandIRSE 01.04.1992 31.12.1992 923 AN Shukla IRSME 01.01.1993 31.03.1994 1524 MK Rao IRSME 31.03.1994 30.06.1994 325 Ashok Bhatnagar IRTS 01.07.1994 31.05.1995 1126 GK Khare IRSME 01.06.1995 30.06.1996 1327 CL Kaw IRTS 01.07.1996 30.04.1997 1028 M Ravindra IRSE 30.04.1997 31.12.1997 929 VK Agrawal IRSE 31.12.1997 31.08.2000 3230 Ashok Kumar IRSME 01.09.2000 31.08.2001 1231 RN Malhotra IRSE 31.08.2001 31.03.2002 732 IIMS Rana IRSE 01.04.2002 30.06.2003 1533 RK Singh IRSE 30.06.2003 31.07.2005 2434 JP Batra IRTS 01.08.2005 31.07.2007 2435 KC Jena IRTS 31.08.2007 31.01.2009 1736 S S KhuranaIRSEE 02.02.2009 31.05.2010 1637 Vivek Sahai IRTS 01.06.2010 30.06.2011 1338 Vinay MittalIRTS 01.07.2011 30.06.2013 2439 Arunendra Kumar IRSME 30.06.2013 31.12.2014 1840 A.K.Mittal<IRSS 31.12.2014 23.08.2017 3141 Ashwani LohaniIRSME 23.08.2017 31.12.2018 1642 Vinod Kumar Yadav IRSEE 31.12.2018 31.12.2020 2443 Suneet Sharma IRSME 31.12.2020 31.12.2021 1244 Vinay Kumar TripathiIRSEE 01.01.2022 31.12.2022 1245 Anil Kumar Lahoti IRSE 01.01.2023 31.08.2023846 Jaya Varma Sinha(First woman Chairperson)IRTS 01.09.2023 31.08.20241247Satish Kumar(First Dalit Chairperson)IRSME01.09.2024Incumbent
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